ubagot

Latvian

Etymology

From the same source as ubags (“beggar”), made into a 2nd-declension verb (ending -ot). First mentioned in 19th-century sources; previously, the expression iet ubagos (lit. “to go in the beggars”) was used instead.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ubaɡuôt]

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Verb

ubagot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present ubagoju, ubago, ubago, past ubagoju)

to beg (to earn one's living by begging for alms)
ubagot naudu ― to beg for money

iet ubagot ― to go beg

mājās viņš nāca, kad kules bija pilnas... no jauna devās atkal ubagot, kad viss bija noēsts ― he came home when his (begging) bags were full... (then) again he went back to beg, when everything had been eaten
(figuratively) to beg (to ask desperately for something, as a beggar would)
Elitas slimība prasīja un vēl prasīs daudz naudas... tagad viņai, Maijai, atkal būs jāubago avanss ― Elita's disease demanded and will demand a lot of money... now she, Maija, had to beg (for) an advance

ubagot mīlestību, draudzību ― to beg for love, for friendship

ubagot pēc nepelnītas atzinības es neiešu! ― I won't go begging for unearned recognition!

par daudz, par daudz mēs dzīvē ubagojam / pēc laimes un pēc lētās slavas ― too much, too much (= too often) in life we beg / for happiness and cheap glory

Conjugation

conjugation of ubagot

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)	IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
1st pers. sg.	es	ubagoju	ubagoju	ubagošu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	ubago	ubagoji	ubagosi	ubago
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	ubago	ubagoja	ubagos	lai ubago
1st pers. pl.	mēs	ubagojam	ubagojām	ubagosim	ubagosim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	ubagojat	ubagojāt	ubagosiet, ubagosit	ubagojiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	ubago	ubagoja	ubagos	lai ubago

RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	ubagojot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		ubagojošs
Past	esot ubagojis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		ubagodams
Future	ubagošot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		ubagojot
Imperative	lai ubagojot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		ubagojam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		ubagojis
Present	ubagotu		Present Passive		ubagojams
Past	būtu ubagojis		Past Passive		ubagots
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāubago		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		ubagot
Conjunctive 1	esot jāubago		Negative Infinitive		neubagot
Conjunctive 2	jāubagojot		Verbal noun		ubagošana

Derived terms

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ubags”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ubags”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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